Friday, June 26, 2009

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Nobody Owens is raised in a graveyard by his ghostly parents, and caretaker, after his “first family” dies in a terrible tragedy. But Bod, as he’s called, shows us that it really takes a graveyard to raise a boy.

Follow this boys adventures from young child learning how to Fade, learning to read from grave stones, and history lessons from those who were actually there. But everyone must grow up some day.

What I loved most about this book was the different perspective I saw of how life after death can be, and how the living can and can't interact with the dead. Neil Gaiman has done it again!

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  1. Reviews/Awards Available:

    ALA-Best Books for Young Adults 1/1/2009
    Newbery Medal 1/1/2009
    Library Journal 12/9/2008
    Horn Book Magazine 11/1/2008
    School Library Journal 10/1/2008
    School Library Journal 10/1/2008
    Publisher's Weekly 9/29/2008
    Booklist 9/15/2008
    Kirkus Review 8/15/2008
    Voice of Youth Advocate 8/1/2008

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